Myanmar military declares one year emergency after detaining Aung San Suu Kyi.
Yangon, Myanmar:
Myanmar s military declared a one-year state of emergency on Monday, handing power to a former general after arresting civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other senior officials.
An announcement read out on military-owned Myawaddy TV said the move was needed to preserve the stability of the state, accusing the country s election commission of failing to address huge irregularities in a November election.
Suu Kyi, Myanmar s de facto leader, was detained in the early hours along with the president and other top politicians after weeks of tensions with the military over the allegations of vote-rigging.
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